SAGAPI, ANGEL I.

BSED-SS 3
WORDL HISTORY II

Exercise 4. Write T if the statement is true, F if not.

T 1. The British took control of India in 1763, after defeating
the French in the seven years.
F 2. The so-called old imperialism is started from 1800’s-1900’s.
F 3. The number reason for the scramble in Africa is the large
presence of diamond in the place.
F 4. The French colonized China for more than 100years.
T 5. Britain’s occupation of Egypt and Belgium’s penetration of
the Congo started the race for colonial possessions in Africa.

Activity 4.

Through a Power-point presentation. Show the important

events that occurred during the Age of Colonialism.

1. What country colonized a country/s?

2. What were their goals?
3. Explain their methods of colonialism and discuss
the effects of their imperialism.
4. You can also show the way of nationalism and
resistance of the colonized countries.
5. Make sure to put pictures in your PPT
presentation.
6. Maximum of 40 slides.

Exercise 5. Answer the following questions below.

1. How did the scientific and industrial revolution affect/led the
development of the first World War?
The scientific and industrial revolution were the time where weapons
and machineries was invented. Guns, bombs, planes, ships, and other
materials that was used to kill humanity was invented because of
science and was made during the industrial revolution. Because of
this weapon, countries are brave enough to start and create a war
against each enemies. There were many technologies associated with
military conflict, such as machine guns, tanks, aerial combat and
radio communications, were introduced massive scale during this war.
2. Why did they call World War I “the war to end all wars”?
World War I was known as the “war to end all wars” because of the
great slaughter and destruction it caused. Upbeat civilians genuinely
believed it would be rainbows and sunshine after the dust from the
global conflict settled, some thought that this will end everything
because of the casualties and damages it brought to the humanity.
Thinking of the all the traumas and experiences they had, people
taught that this would teach them a big lesson which give them a
thought that this would be the war to end all wars, or never repeat
it again. However history tell us that this is not true, since a war
still broke out.

3. Who were the greatest casualties of the First World War?

For me I think the one who experienced the greatest casualties of the
First World War are the innocent people who were damage by the
greediness of their leaders. They had experienced traumas and fears
from the bombings and gunshots they hear. Even the maltreatment of
the militaries are experienced by civilians who don’t know anything.
There were also many civilians who got killed during the world war
because of attacks that happen. Hunger and disease also was one of
the many reasons they died. Many lives were lost, even those
militaries who were forced to fight, people who lost their love ones
and children witnessing this events were one of the greatest
casualties of the First World War.

Activity 5. Complete the table below. Explain how did the following
factors caused the development of World War I.
Causes Explanation and Examples
Militarism could have cause the war due to the
Militarism naval and arms race. The main event of Militarism
causing World War one was the naval rivalry which
was made after 1900. Britain had the most powerful
navy in the world. The new Keiser Wilhelm
announced his intention to build a bigger German
navy than Britain. Britain felt very threatened by
 this. 
Imperialism was a cause because building an empire
Imperialism needs manpower such as an army and a navy to
conquer and keep the land that they colonized. One
of the most significant causes of World War one
was Imperialism, which is where a system where
powerful nation rules and exploits one or more
colonies. 

Because big armies become potential threats to

Alliances other countries, other countries started forcing
alliances in order to secure land. Alliances
showed a great dent in World War one. In 1914 the
six most powerful countries in Europe divided into
two opposing Alliances (sides/teams). The Triple
Alliance consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary and
Italy which was formed in 1882. The Triple Entente
included Britain, France and Russia which was
formed in 1907. Each country was heavily armed and
each one had reasons for distrusting each other’s
countries in Europe.

Nationalism was a great cause of World War one

Nationalism because of countries being greedy and not
negotiating. Nationalism shows you are proud of
your country and want it to be the best. A lot of
causes all linked back to countries all wanted to
be better than each other. Nationalist groups in
Austria-Hungary and Serbia wanted independence.

Exercise 6. Answer the following questions below.

1. Explain how World War I became the primary reason for the events of the
Great Depression.
The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the
industrialized world, which last from 1929 to 1939. From the memoir of the
late president Herbert Hoover in 1952, “The primary cause of the Great
Depression was the war of 1914-1918, without the war there would have been
no depression of such dimensions. Because of the great damage of the war
exacted a cruel economic and human toll from the core societies of the
advanced industrialized world, including conspicuously Britain, France and
Germany. World War I and its aftermath is the dark shadow that hangs over
the entire period leading up to the Great Depression. Due to the damages,
the countries involved on the war needs to start again and fix everything
that was destroyed. Thus this has led them to great depression because
World War 1 almost destroyed everything which affected greatly their
economy.

2.Why is the Great Depression called the greatest turndown of economic

activity in the history?
The Great Depression was the greatest turndown of economic activity in the
history because it caused drastic declines in output, severe unemployment,
and acute deflation in almost every country of the world. Its social and
cultural effects were no less staggering, especially in the United States,
where the Great Depression represented the harshest adversity faced by
Americans since the Civil War. There was also declines in consumer demand,
financial panics, and misguided government policies caused economic output
to fall in the United States, while the gold standard, which linked nearly
all the countries of the world in a network of fixed currency exchange
rates, played a key role in transmitting the American downturn to other
countries.

Activity 6. The effects of the Great Depression were not only concentrated
in the United States of America. In this case, tabulate the worldwide
effects of the Great Depression. Choose at least 5 countries that are
adversely affected. Describe their economic activity and social life
during the time of the said period.

Country Economic and social life during the Great

Depression
The Great Depression began in the United States as
United States an ordinary recession in the summer of 1929. The
downturn became markedly worse, however, in late
1929 and continued until early 1933. Real output
and prices fell precipitously. Between the peak
and the trough of the downturn, industrial
production in the United States declined 47
percent and real gross domestic product (GDP) fell
30 percent. The wholesale price index declined 33
percent (such declines in the price level are
referred to as deflation). 
 Great Britain struggled with low growth and
recession during most of the second half of the
Great Britain 1920s. The country did not slip into severe
depression, however, until early 1930, and its
peak-to-trough decline in industrial production
was roughly one-third that of the United States.

France also experienced a relatively short

downturn in the early 1930s. The French recovery
in 1932 and 1933, however, was short-lived. French
France industrial production and prices both fell
substantially between 1933 and 1936. Previous
research has downplayed the role of banking panics
and financial factors in the French Great
Depression, instead pointing out the obstinate
adherence of France to the gold standard until
1936. According to the classic book by
Kindleberger (1986: 134), "French banks escaped
the difficulties of the rest of the continent.”
Scholars acknowledged that some banking failures
occurred in France during the period.
Germany’s economy slipped into a downturn early in
1928 and then stabilized before turning down again
in the third quarter of 1929. The decline in
Germany German industrial production was roughly equal to
that in the United States.  The Great Depression
affected all classes in Germany, not just the
factory workers. Unemployment climbed markedly
among white-collar workers and professional
classes. A Chicago news correspondent in Berlin
reported that “60 per cent of each new university
graduating class was out of work”.
 Japan also experienced a mild depression, which
Japan began relatively late and ended relatively early.
The general price deflation evident in the United
States was also present in other countries.
Virtually every industrialized country endured
declines in wholesale prices of 30 percent or more
between 1929 and 1933. Because of the greater
flexibility of the Japanese price structure,
deflation in Japan was unusually rapid in 1930 and
1931. This rapid deflation may have helped to keep
the decline in Japanese production relatively
mild. The prices of primary commodities traded in
world markets declined even more dramatically
during this period. For example, the prices of
coffee, cotton, silk, and rubber were reduced by
roughly half just between September 1929 and
December 1930. As a result, the terms of trade
declined precipitously for producers of primary
commodities.

Exercise 7. Write T if the statement is true. F if not.

T 1. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 led to
America’s entry into World War II.
T 2. The main goal of Hitler is to was exterminate all the Jews
from throughout German-occupied Europe.

T 3. The holocaust is an example of genocide.

F 4. Pearl Harbor is located in the American Continent.
T 5. The legacy of the WW II would include the spread of
communism from the Soviet Union into eastern Europe.

Activity 7.
Watch the documentary films “The Complete History of the Second World War”.
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPMBwSH3e58
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECktl3jCK8o

From the discussions on the videos, make a flowchart to summarize the

timeline of events of World War 2. You can only choose at least 10-15
significant events starting from the cause of war to the liberation from
war.

Exercise 8. Answer the following questions below.

1. Explain the extent of tension between the United States and Soviet
Union during the Cold War era.
During the cold War Era, the extent of tension between United States and
Soviet Union went to the space. Space exploration served as there arena for
Cold War competition. Where in the Soviet Union launched there
intercontinental ballistic missile which is a Soviet R-7 called Sputnik.
Sputnik was the world first artificial satellite and the first man-made
object to travel the Earth’s Orbit. Thus the American also launched its own
satellite, Explorer I, designed by the U.S. Army under the direction of
rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, and what came to be known as the Space
Race was underway.
2. How did the cold war affect the communist countries?
The Cold War became a growing threat to world peace and when it reached its
highest form of confrontation, as a direct and indirect consequence,
numerous people suffered great misfortunes. Since the end of the war up
until its subsequent century, the Cold War had many effects on nation-
states and targeted them in many economic and social ways, for example in
Russia, military spending was cut dramatically since 1991 creating a
decline in the Soviet Union’s military-industrial sector. Such a
dismantling left millions of employees (throughout the former Soviet Union)
unemployed thus affecting Russia’s economy and military.
The collapse of the Soviet Union caused profound changes in nearly every
society in the world. Much of the policy and infrastructure of the West and
the Eastern Bloc had revolved around the capitalist and communist
ideologies respectively and the possibility of a nuclear warfare. The fall
of Communism formed an existential threat for many institutions. The US
military was forced to cut much of its expenditure, though the level rose
again to comparable heights after the September 11 attacks and the
initiation of the War on Terror in 2001. Socialist and Communist parties
around the world saw drops in membership after the Berlin Wall fell and the
public felt that free market ideology had won. After the end of the Cold
War, Communism would also end in Mongolia, Congo, Albania, Yugoslavia,
Afghanistan, and Angola. Today there are only 4 remaining countries in the
world ruled by communist single parties: China, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam.

Activity 8. Complete the table below. Contrast the positive and negative
worldwide effects and impacts of the Cold War and relate it to the present
stature of the world today. Write at least 3 each.

The Cold War

Positive Impacts Negative Impacts

The implementation of the American
"Marshall Plan" and the Communist
"Molotov Plan", the nuclear arms
race, the space race, and the
global military build-up all served
to create global political
stability and economic prosperity .
In terms of foreign policy today.
Both America and the Russian
Federation do not fully trust each
other, even now. Russian
politicians denounce America's
stance as a human rights watchdog
even as the public opinion on
America's place in the world
becomes more negative due to its
role in the Middle East. American
politicians complain of Russia's
corruption and its expansionist
policies in Eastern Europe. Even
today the Cold War still poisons
the relationship between these two
nations.

The speed of technological
development during the Cold War was
unprecedented. Both sides utilized
thousands of scientists and spent
millions of dollars developing new
technologies. The development of
nuclear power and microchips were
the most significant developments
of the time.
Besides the development of
technologies, the Cold War also had
a significant influence on
advancing the Civil Rights
Movement. Even though slavery was
long gone after, blacks were still
facing social discrimination and
suffered from racial injustice.
Politicians used the Cold War as
the perfect medium to promote civil
rights because they wanted the US
to look good in front of the whole
world.
In terms of financial cost too.
Both sides built up huge nuclear
arsenals--money that could have
been spent on social programs.
Both sides also sent money to their
respective governments in client
states, essentially "paying them
off" so they would not turn to the
other side or giving them the means
to wage war on the other side.
This misguided foreign policy on
both sides was a return to the
militarization which was a cause of
WWI and WWII.
We’ve learned to live with the
threat of nuclear annihilation and
ongoing conflicts in world
hotspots. Humanity was engraved
with fear that a war might be
brought out again. This gave a
trauma to the people of every
country because there are still
instabilities in some other
countries. Some of the current
instabilities in the world’s
hotspots, from the Korean peninsula
to Afghanistan, are rooted in the
Cold War.